# Highland 11 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518480
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Union, KY
- **Operator:** Highland Mining Company
- **Controller:** Patriot Coal Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,186
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Patriot Coal Corporation (0071611) → Highland Mining Company (P24509) → Highland 11 Mine (1518480)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Peabody Energy Corporation → Highland Mining Company:** 2001-11-15 through 2007-10-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518480; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Highland Mining Company:** 2007-10-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518480; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 11 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 213 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 212 violation rows across the full record; 28 carry an S&S flag and $15,759 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 77 samples:** Occupational health samples 65 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 10 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 30 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 50.40 — Maintenance of records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-E/section-50.40
- **30 CFR 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.1111 — Welding, cutting, soldering; use of fire extinguisher.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1111
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 77.800-2 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.800-2
- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 75.1714 — Availability of approved self-rescue devices; instruction in use and location.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 11 rows; 2001-12-17 through 2003-01-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2003-06-27 through 2003-06-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 201 rows; 2002-01-22 through 2004-02-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2002-09-09 through 2002-12-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 65 rows; 2002-02-25 through 2003-01-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 527 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 101 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2001-11-15 through 2001-11-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 30 rows; 2001-11-27 through 2004-04-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 10 rows; 2002-09-30 through 2002-09-30; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2002-05-07 through 2002-09-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 212 rows; 2002-01-22 through 2004-02-03; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/highland-11-mine-1518480`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/highland-11-mine-1518480`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518480/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518480/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518480/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`